Electric switch.



PATBNTED AUG. 14, 1906.

G. W..HART.

ELECTRIC SWITCH. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10, 1905.

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10,1985, Serial No. 286,647.

Lib-ail whom it Hwy coneern Be it known that I, GERALD N. I" e citizen of the United States, resiciing at T ford, county of Hartford, Connecticut, have invezited certain new and esefui Improvemeiits in Electric Switches, ofwhich the ioiiowiiig is; 2,1311 clear, and exact description. My mvention reiet-es to improvements in electric switches, and giartieuieriy wish-but ton snap-switches.

is to construct 1 The object of the in vention a switch ot tms chem otter which Wiii o, ei'e'te positiveiy and accurately Without binding of aka the parts or undue iost motion,

4 The principles of. the invention are iiiustreated in the accompanying eingie she V of drawings. Briefly stated, it compris s the employment of av tilting operating memee'a and a push-button extending through en. opening iii-the face-plate and ooniiecteai to tEe operating member by e double pin-andsiot engagement, so that the button has substentially a straight-line movement pergaendicuiar to the face-plate.

A. t e of switch to Weich the invention. pertieuier'ty adapted is shown in my former patent, No. 645,092, dated March 13, 196%.

Figuie l is a sectional View of aswiteh embodying" my iIlVQXltiG-l'l, the contests being separate-(L Fig. 2 is a similar sectionei View, the eoriete being omitted and the operat ing Earte in a position intermediate the open" end ciosed positions. Fig. 3 View of the feoe-piete, showing the ends of the operetieglmttons.

1 is the base,

2 is the stetiol'iery switeii-eonteet.

3 is the movable Contact.

4 is a bracket supported on the base.

5 is a sleeve carried by the oz-asset op" era-tively eonneeted with the switchriiieie 6 is the tip of the ioeking memiieii 7 is the opei'e/ting Til 16111 981 mounted on sleeve 5 so as to tiit. This hes a. pi'oje 8, which, togethe' with the tip timember 6, stands between. tee endsspring 9. The operation of the tilti ber 7 can. es the blade 3 to be soap (1 into and out of engagement with the eontaetfi.

The invention is equally eppiiceiiie to time pie-pole switches.

10 is a pusbimttoii which exteiitie thiougii EARTH be t/GNNECTlCUT, A. (30R- Bet-tented Aug. 14, 1966;

an opening in tiie feewpiete 1i and substen- 12 is the she. 11k of the push-button, the in net emi of which somewhat e111 erged.

iii-is epin CiLIIlQ-(i by one one of the membe: .7, extending into a slot in the'shenk 12, which ermnged substentieiiy at aright onthe push-i313 Lil-0 11: jeotioe. carried i a curved s c'mweture is euzstei'itieiiy e portion ofa pemooie: The pin servesto take up the thmist oi": the push-button and cause the member to be titted on its axis, while the-pin let, being opposite the tieiisveii'se siot, guides the biede of the push-tmtten es the member 7 t 01} its miss and maintains the subetem tieii peipeneiic ton relative to the feee-piete. V

is see-0nd push )}e15iO11,h?tViI 1g e shank 16 muineeted to the opposite arm of the tiit ing member 7 by meensj'ef the pins 17 and 18 anti slots the reverse of the ones 'just de- 3.4 is e, eecomi pin or prok button is moved out, and yiee verse. Betti buttons, however, moiiitfiinei in. suiietentieiiy Stlftigi'ii-iifi movement by the end-slot coiii'iectioli end their guide in the feeequiete 11! There is then no danger oi.

p becoming cramped in operation or i, and the entire, )XQSSUTQ that is applied to the pusiebuittenfito operate the switch ie it (Mitt-hi8. I 1

ha t eieim. ie-

1. in an electric. switch, a base,e face plate having a, passage therein, a tilting operating member, a push -but'1ton extending through the amt siouhiepin-and siot connectionbetween. set, she-12k and t'iitiiug menieeii, whereby the aiiifeetion of iriovement of he push-button. is in e eiibetentieily straight line. i

In on eleeti'ic switch, it face-plate he ring two ing operating: mei'nber, e push-mitten adapte to extend through eeeii past, in the i eceq' iete, end e double pin miqi-ek t connection between said operat ing member and Setiii p11sip buttone in {in etcetrie swL 2 1, feoepiete be? ing a passage, epusit-bnttoii extending there through, at tilting operating member, two reto theeeeireri ciii'ection. of movement of 1 the member 7, extendingot in the shank 12, WhOSG' ole position of the push--bu.t-'

whet-i one button is pushed; in, the

dially-arranged projections carried by said operating member, and a shank extending from said push-button having a transverse slot and a curved slot for said projections.

4. Inan electric switch, a face-plate having a passage, a push-buttonadapted to extend through the passage, a tilting operatinglever, a shank extending from the push-button, and means of connection between the shank and operating member whereby the. inner end of the shank is directed in substantially a straight-line movement.

through a face-plate, a tilting operatingmem- I 5 y her, and means of connection between the push-buttoi'is and the operatingmember for maintaining a substantially straight-line movement of the push-buttons.

GERALD W. HART.

Witnesses: i v

A. I. INGHAM. M. H. GLYNN. v 

